2020 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, March 18 – Saturday, March 21, 2020
- Ramsey Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- Prelims 10 AM / Finals 6 PM (U.S. Eastern Time)
- Defending champs: Stanford (3x) – results
- Championship Central
- Live stream:
- Prelims (free): Thursday / Friday / Saturday
- Finals (ESPN3)
- Psych Sheets
- Live results
The NCAA has released its official psych sheets (along with the invite line) for the 2020 Women’s NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships. The meet itself will take place in two weeks, from March 18-21 in Georgia.
You can see all the relevant documents here:
- Official Psych Sheets (with cutlines)
- Invited Swimmers by Team (Doesn’t include relay-only swimmers)
- Eligible Relays
- Alternates List
The cutline is exactly where we projected it to be yesterday, with all of line 37 making the cut and a handful of line 38 swimmers getting in. The top alternate is Florida International’s Jasmine Nocentini in the 50 free, with fellow 50 freestyler Camryn Curry the second alternate. If Texas A&M’s Anna Belousova is indeed out of the meet (as she said on social media), Nocentini would be added to the invite list.
Previous coverage:
Top seeds by event:
- 500 free – Emma Nordin, Arizona State junior – 4:33.74
- 200 IM – Kate Douglass, Virginia freshman – 1:51.36
- 50 free – Abbey Weitzeil, Cal senior – 20.90
- 400 IM – Brooke Forde, Stanford junior – 4:01.53
- 100 fly – Maggie MacNeil, Michigan sophomore – 49.26
- 200 free – Abbey Weitzeil, Cal senior – 1:42.25
- 100 breast – Sophie Hansson, NC State sophomore – 57.74
- 100 back – Beata Nelson, Wisconsin senior – 49.70
- 1650 free – Molly Kowal, Ohio State senior – 15:43.17
- 200 back – Rhyan White, Alabama sophomore – 1:48.06
- 100 free – Erika Brown, Tennessee senior – 45.83
- 200 breast – Sophie Hansson, NC State sophomore – 2:05.59
- 200 fly – Louise Hansson, USC senior – 1:51.26
- 800 free relay – Tennessee – 6:53.27
- 200 free relay – Auburn – 1:25.41
- 400 medley relay – NC State – 3:27.22
- 200 medley relay – Virginia – 1:33.91
- 400 free relay – Auburn – 3:09.18
This feels so wide open, I am so excited that there is some parity this year. It would be super nutty if Virginia or Cal won.
I agree that it would be nutty if UVA, Tenn or NC State won the title, but not so much with Cal, who has won many.
I noticed on the UGA Swimming & Diving website a clear bag policy for sporting events. Can anyone confirm this to be true for the NCAA swim meet?
See link to Championship Central at top of page and go to end re: Gabrielsen Natatorium and Clear Bag Policy. It is a requirement in all SEC venues – will not change for this meet.
Watch out for Ashley Turak in the 50… those IU girls are not like them other girls…
Please tell me more…
Do we know when the men’s sheets should be expected
Should be next week. Men’s Pac-12s start tonight and there are a few last chance meets.
Interesting how far swimming has come, 5/11 top seeds(not including repeats) are underclassman. Thats great for the sport
How does the alternate list work? Do they all make it?
Alternates are only called up if invited athletes scratch. For now, they are not invited.
Can a team bring alternates for relays as long as they stay under the 18 team member cap?
Correct. A team can bring up to 4 relay-only swimmers, but the school has to pay for those swimmers to travel to NCAAs, rather than the NCAA itself.
What costs does the NCAA cover for the invited swimmers?
Yes, each team eligible to swim relays is able to bring up to 4 uninvited relay swimmers at their own cost. Those swimmers count toward each team’s 18-swimmer cap, and cannot swim individual events.
wow, exciting! top seeds from different schools, except two individuals as top seed for two events each.
Maybe this is a silly question, but can coaches change the lineups of relay teams? Or do they have to be swum with the exact same 4 swimmers that made the original cut time?
They can change lineups
They can use anybody invited to the meet + up to 4 institution-funded uninvited relay swimmers. They can also switch lineups between prelims and finals.
In other words, relay qualifications belong to ‘the institution’ not the individual athletes.
Braden can you explain “institutionally funded” vs “ncaa invited?” Does that means the ncaa pays for invited swimmers’ accommodations?
For invited athletes + a certain number of non-athletes (depending on how many invited athletes they’re sending), the schools get:
1) Transport (flights or bus, depending on distance from the site)
2) $150 per diem, which can cover hotels, food, etc.